Chad Briscoe is the athletic director at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. He earned the 2017 Crossroads League Athletic Director of the Year award. He also won the award in 2010. At the NAIA level, he has helped initiate several “Champions of Character” initiatives, starting various sportsmanship summits for the league and local high school conferences. He currently is the league’s representative on the NAIA National Administrative Council and is the vice chair of the Championship Committee on the NAIA-NAC. Briscoe’s energetic vision of the future has guided Grace Athletics to unparalled success across the school’s varsity programs. His desire to pursue Christ-like excellence through the realm of athletics has led many of Grace’s teams to some of their best seasons ever. In addition to being a collegiate athletic director, Briscoe has also been a professional basketball player in Sweden, a minor league baseball general manager, and a college basketball coach.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
- Mistakes leaders make
- Traits that successful leaders have
- How he develops his coaches and student-athletes
- The importance of having a positive culture
Troy Kirby is the host of the very popular Tao of Sports podcast. He has done more than 800 episodes with some of the top people in the sports business world. He has worked in the sports industry for more than 15 years, at three different university athletic departments, and one professional soccer team. Kirby is a much sought after sports business consultant and keynote speaker. He is the president of The National Association of Athletic Ticket Sales & Operations.
Motivational speaker Jamy Bechler traveled in late February from his Atlanta headquarters to spend the day with student-athletes and coaches at George Fox University in Oregon.
One of the nation’s premier leadership companies has announced the addition of a certified leadership coach, trainer and speaker to their team.
This editorial appeared in the Chronicle-Tribune on May 21, 2015
(editor’s note: This article was written by the Chronicle-Tribune’s Jillian Fellows on May 14, 2015. Photo is of Bechler addressing the crowd at the Marion turf field dedication ceremony in August)
(originally published on January 25, 2015)